Loft-filled SoHo is perhaps the most recognizable name on the ever-growing list of NYC portmanteaus. Located South-of-Houston, the neighborhood is noted for its upscale restaurants, bars and boutiques. Both champions and critics of urban gentrification have cited SoHo as a premier case-in-point, but those starving artists of the '70s now dining at Balthazar seem to have made their peace.